[Jeffhs]

My RCA XL-100 CTC185 fell off its stand a few months ago. When I put it back and turned it back on, I saw splotches of color on the CRT screen. The automatic degaussing coil in the set was no help, though it did cycle on and off as it should when the set was turned on. Wondered what was going on for a few days, then I tried moving a speaker magnet around the screen, while the set was on. To my surprise, the splotches disappeared and did not return. The picture now looks every bit as good as the day I bought the set, nine years ago. I mentioned this in a thread on this forum shortly thereafter, and got a reply (among several others) to the effect that the shadow mask may have been bent when the TV hit the (carpeted) floor in my apartment; the external magnet may have repositioned the mask such that it was now back in proper alignment.